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Both Northwestern and Texas A&M will wear “67 Joey V” stickers on their helmets during the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas when the two teams face off on Saturday in Houston, the San Antonio Express reports.

The stickers honor Aggies lineman Joey Villavisencio after he died in a car wreck while headed home to Jacksonville for Christmas.

“We’ll duke it out on Saturday, but both teams know what’s most important in life,” Texas A&M interim coach DeRuyter said.

Texas A&M lineman Danny Backer will wear Villavisencio’s No. 67 in tribute to his teammate in the game.

“We were trying to get the whole offensive line to wear it, but I don’t think the NCAA would allow that,” said Baker. “I’ll represent him the best way I can.”